COMPUTER THREATS SECURITY
WHAT IS A COMPUTER VIRUS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Brain
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Direct Action
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File Infector.
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Network Virus
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Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is B. The brain is the industrial standard name of the first computer virus for MS-DOS and was released in 1986. It would overwrite the boot sector on the floppy disk and prevent the computer from booting. It was written by two brothers from Pakistan and was originally designed as copy protection.
Detailed explanation-2: -In January 1986, two brothers, Basit and Amjad Farooq Alvi, created “Brain A, ” the first computer virus to attack the MS-DOS operating system, in Lahore, Pakistan.
Detailed explanation-3: -Brain, the first PC virus, began infecting 5.2” floppy disks in 1986. As Securelist reports, it was the work of two brothers, Basit and Amjad Farooq Alvi, who ran a computer store in Pakistan.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: The first computer virus in India is ‘The Brain Virus’. It is a boot sector virus which was developed by two computer scientists from an Asian country. It was reported that all the floppy disks were affected by this virus.
Detailed explanation-5: -The correct answer is Creeper. Creeper was a virus that was first detected on ARPANET.